B62
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Halesowen, Lapal and Hurst Green, in Dudley and Bromsgrove.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an B62 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in B62 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How B62 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is B62 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in B62 at a rate of 57.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 106.7 per 1,000 people across the B postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 127 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in B62.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (655), other crime (230) and vehicle crime (196).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in B62 was 58.4 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in B62, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so B62 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in B62
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromsgrove 002C | 1,153 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 25.1% |
| Bromsgrove 002D | 1,154 | 146.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 47.5% |
| Dudley 026A | 1,546 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 026B | 1,589 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 026C | 1,718 | 73.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Dudley 026D | 1,640 | 79.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 026E | 2,402 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 030A | 1,573 | 23.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 030B | 1,517 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Dudley 030C | 1,373 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 82.8% |
| Dudley 030D | 1,761 | 101.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% |
| Dudley 036A | 1,512 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Dudley 036B | 1,755 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Dudley 036C | 1,589 | 26.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| Dudley 036D | 1,259 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.6% |
MPs for B62
- Alex BallingerLabourMP for Halesowen86% of B62’s postcodes
- Bradley ThomasConservativeMP for Bromsgrove13% of B62’s postcodes
- Preet Kaur GillLabour (Co-op)MP for Birmingham Edgbaston1.6% of B62’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in B624
Postcode sectors in B624
Councils B62 covers2
Towns in B621
Postcode districts next to B628
Nearest rail stations1
More in the B postcode area2
B62 in brief
B62 is a postcode district covering Halesowen, Lapal and Hurst Green, in Dudley and Bromsgrove.
About 26,265 people lived in B62 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £290,000 in 2025 across 355 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 57.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in B62 was £290,000 in 2025.
B62 had 25,592 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in B62 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In B62, 92.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.